Bug ID 1044493: Growth of /var after upgrade to BIG-IQ v8.x

Last Modified: Jun 19, 2025

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IQ Web App Security (ASM)(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
8.0.0, 8.0.0.1, 8.1.0, 8.1.0.1, 8.1.0.2

Opened: Sep 02, 2021

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

After an Upgrade to v8.x the disk space is increased to a default disk size which is not ideal for some databases.

Impact

The disk space is increased to a default disk size which is more for some BIG-IQ's

Conditions

BIG-IQ is upgraded to v8.x

Workaround

1. Check the data size using below command in BIG-IQ ls -al /var/lib/pgsql/ | grep data 2. Run the below command after upgrade if there is a need to free the space occupied by bloated tables psql -U postgres bigiq_db -c " vacuum full; " Note: Time for vacuum process may vary based on the database size.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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